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Book SynopsisThe World in the Year 1000 is organized in four thematic sections covering five world regions: Europe, the Islamic world, India, China, and Mesoamerica. All contributions in this volume are original works by many of today's leading scholars.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Regional Maps Chapter 2 Introduction: World History and the Year 1000 Chapter 3 Natural Orders, Social Orders: Nature and Environment in Europe: Perceiving, Taming, Harnessing; The Use of Natural Resources in the Islamic World; Natural Resources and Human Settlements: Perceiving the Environment in India; Different Transitions: Chapter 4 Regimes of Production and Exchange: Minting, Silver Routes and Mining in Europe: Economic Expansion and Technical Innovation; Interdependencies Between the Military and the Economy in the Near East and Egypt; Temple Economy in South Asia; Trade Unde Chapter 5 Ritual Centers: Temple Networks and Royal Power in Southeast Asia; The Ballgame at the Climax of the Feathered Serpent: A Religious Focus in Mesoamerica; Gods and Worshippers on South India Sacred Ground Chapter 6 The Perception of Self and Others: Byzantium and its Neighbors; Islam: Self and Neighbors; Chinese Perceptions of Southeast Asia; Other, or the Others? Varieties of Difference in Indian Society at the Turn of the First Millennium and their Historiog Chapter 7 About the Contributors
